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Colombia prostitution scandal fallout widens
Fallout from the Colombia prostitution scandal continues to widen, with the Secret Service announcing that a total of six agents have been ousted from their jobs and another one implicated in goings on in Cartagena, Colombia.
House Homeland Security guts own cybersecurity bill in bid to remain relevant
Political exigencies required the House Homeland Security Committee to pass down a slimmed down version of cybersecurity bill, said Rep. Dan Lungren.
Secret Service woes plunge deeper after Colombia caper
Tales of drinking and unpaid contractual obligations to prostitutes among members of an advance Secret Service team sent to Colombia have dominated U.S. media accounts of President Obama's trip there.
Spotlight: House Homeland Security makes new plea for consolidated DHS oversight
The chairman and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee are again calling for Congress to consolidate oversight over the Homeland Security Department into their jurisdiction. In a
DoD officials: Islam not the enemy
Defense Department officials resisted pressure from members of Congress Dec. 7 to characterize "violent Islam extremism" as a threat to national security. "Al Qaeda would love to convince Muslims
Super Committee receives budget recommendations, progress on policy unknown
House and Senate committees faced an Oct. 14 deadline for submitting recommendations for budget cuts and reforms to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The latter group, often referred
Guest Opinion: APCO President Greg Riddle on the D block
What will shake Congress into action? Help first responders help you Several recent incidents have shown once again the urgent need for Congress to establish a dedicated broadband network for
Islamophobia 'network' decried in think tank report
A report from the Center for American Progress says an "Islamophobia network" perpetuates the false idea that American Muslims seek to impose Sharia law on the United States and also criticizes a
King Muslim radicalization hearing folds in on itself
The topic of recruitment by Somali terrorist group al Shabaab during a July 27 House Homeland Security Committee took at times second place to a more controversial topic: that of the hearing itself.
D block reallocation bill clears Senate committee
Advocates of reallocation for public safety usage of a 10 megahertz swath of 700 MHz spectrum known as the D block cheered the June 8 Senate committee passage of a bill that would do so. The bill S.
